Saturday, March 12, 2005

From Punk Pioneers to a Poet of the Piano. Drummer Tommy Ramone talks about the turbulent life behind the scenes as a member of the pioneering '70s punk band The Ramones. And pianist Russell Sherman discusses the mysterious art of interpretation. [WNYC New York Public Radio] 3:48:53 PM    comment []

Iran Says Incentives Won't Buy Cooperation. Iran reacted testily on Saturday to a statement from the United States that it should give up its nuclear program in return for economic incentives. By NAZILA FATHI. [NYT > International] 3:31:37 PM    comment []

Dave has more on the MBA admissions ''hacking'' scandal: Rafe Colburn: "It's hard for me to imagine any rational person not peeking." Rogers Cadenhead: "Harvard should be dropping the hammer on ApplyYourself, the company whose poor programming revealed admission decisions prematurely, not on these hapless applicants." 3:28:05 PM    comment []

"FREEDOM DOWNTIME" EASTER EGG HUNT UNDERWAY. The 2600 "Freedom Downtime" Easter Egg Hunt is now underway. When the "Freedom Downtime" DVD was released last year, it contained more Easter Eggs than any other DVD ever released in the history of mankind. (We believe this to be an indisputable fact.) And while we want to tell the world where they all are, we thought it would be fun to make a small challenge before we do. [2600: The Hacker Quarterly] 3:24:46 PM    comment []